07-30-2023, 01:49 PM
(07-30-2023, 10:45 AM)TheFan Wrote: I ran track in college and have had numerous calf cramps myself and seen many others have them. The initial pain can be pretty significant and you'll need to sit/stretch for a little while. I've also seen people need assistance walking/hopping to an area where they could sit. I'm not surprised at all he needed help off the court if both of hid legs were cramping.
After a couple minutes though most of the pain passes but there's typically a few days of obvious soreness/tightness after. From how they're describing Joe's timeline it definitely seems to be a little more severe than that a calf cramp (if that's what's considered a grade 1 strain).
Yeah, I have had cramps bring me to my knees. Funny story surrounding that - about six years ago, I was down in Colombia with my ex-girlfriend. We were seeing her family and doing a bit of traveling. We had also signed up for a half-marathon in the mountains around a small town called Iza. Beautiful little town. I have never been much a long distance runner and have been more of a sprinter. Nonetheless, I agreed to do the marathon.
Towards the end, the last two or three miles are mostly uphill and I on my deathbed. I had trained for it, but didn't really include elevation changes in my training (like a moron) so I was really hurting. My legs started cramping and completely locked up, causing me to fall. They were cramping so hard that I couldn't get up or even bend them, and I was afraid I was going to piss myself lol. I speak Spanish, but I was unaware that there are multiple words that can mean cramp in Spanish. You have...
- Calambre - This means cramp as in "my legs are cramping"
- Cólico - Menstrual cramps
Of course, I was only aware of #2 for some reason and was shouting it as I laid on the ground, trying to get someone to help me. All of these runners going by were absolutely bewildered at this white guy shouting that he had period cramps while laying face down on the side of a mountain. Finally someone helped me up and gave me some sugar gummies so I get fixed up and finish the race.
Anyways, the cramps were so bad that I couldn't do anything to get off the ground, essentially. They can be awful.
